PURPOSE: This rule determines the requirements a school must meet to qualify for the instructor training program.

1. (1) No school shall be approved for instructor training unless one (1) instructor has been instructing students for no less than one (1) year.
2. (2) All schools in Missouri approved by the board for instructor training shall provide a minimum of six hundred (600) hours of training over a period of not less than six (6) months in a curriculum defined by section 329.080, RSMo. Instructor trainee applicants desiring credit for college courses in teaching methodology or for practical experience as a licensed Class CA, Class CH, Class MO and Class E shall submit a request to the board in accordance with 4 CSR 90-12.020.

3. (3) Curriculum for instructor training shall include both theory and practical clinic training to include the following:

   1. (A) Two hundred (200) hours—basic principles of student teaching to include: teaching principles, lesson planning, curriculum planning and class outlines, teaching methods, teaching aids, testing and evaluation;
   2. (B) Fifty (50) hours—psychology, as applied to cosmetology, personality and teaching; teacher evaluation, counseling, theories of learning; and speech;
   3. (C) Fifty (50) hours—business experience or management including: classroom management, record keeping, buying and inventorying supplies, and state law; and
   4. (D) Three hundred (300) hours—practice teaching in both theory and practical application.
4. (4) It shall be the responsibility of the school to submit instructor trainee enrollment forms to the board at least two (2) weeks prior to the anticipated commencement of an instructor trainee’s studies. The application shall be properly completed on a form supplied by the board and shall be accompanied by the following: proof of successful completion of a twelfth grade education (diploma or general educational development (GED) certificate), a sworn statement by the applicant that s/he is in good physical and mental health, two (2) bust photographs measuring two inches by two inches (2" × 2") taken within the last two (2) years and the enrollment fee. No instructor trainee shall receive any credit for training received at a school until the application is received and approved by the board and the instructor trainee is returned to the school. The instructor trainee license is not transferable and shall be conspicuously displayed within the school with a photograph taken within the last two (2) years.
5. (5) Every school which teaches all the classified occupations of cosmetology in Missouri shall employ and have present in the school a minimum of one (1) licensed instructor for every twenty-five (25) students and every three (3) instructor trainees enrolled and scheduled to be in attendance for a given class period. Instructor trainees shall not be considered students for purposes of this requirement. Any school which has been approved for instructor training by the board shall submit proof to the board that a substitute instructor will be available to that school to assume continuous, uninterrupted instruction. Satisfactory proof will be demonstrated by a contract of agreement, an affidavit or other evidence found to be adequate and trustworthy.

6. (6) Within two (2) weeks of the termination of training of any instructor trainee, it shall be the responsibility of the holder of the license to operate a school to submit to the board a properly completed termination form for the trainee. The form shall be approved by the board and shall contain or be accompanied by the following information:

   1. (A) The name and address of the instructor trainee;
   2. (B) The number of training hours completed by the instructor trainee in theory and practical application, allocated by subject area in each category;
   3. (C) The date of the instructor trainee’s termination;
   4. (D) The instructor trainee license; and
   5. (E) A certification of payment/nonpayment of contractual fees completed by the school on a form supplied by the board.

7. (7) It is required that all schools approved by the board for instructor training have on hand the following equipment and training supplies:

   1. (A) One (1) complete visual aid teaching system which shall be adequate to materially aid in the proper training education of cosmetology. This visual aid teaching system may include, but is not limited to, the follow- 20 CSR 2090-12

ing items: video recorder, overhead projector, film projector, educational films and screen;

1. (B) One chalk board, at least size four feet by six feet (4' × 6');
2. (C) A reference library for instructor trainees containing the following suggested materials: cosmetology textbooks, instructor’s manual, textbook on histology and trade publications; and
3. (D) Other equipment as deemed necessary and reasonable by the State Board of Cosmetology.

1. (8) All schools’ training instructors are required to provide each instructor trainee with an identifying badge designating “Instructor Trainee” to be worn by the instructor trainee at all times during his/her training course.
2. (9) Under no circumstances shall instructor trainees be allowed to practice cosmetology for compensation during training hours. Every school shall allow its instructor trainees to perform only bona fide demonstrations on members of the general public. A bona fide demonstration is one performed for the instruction of students where one (1) or more students actually observe or participate in the work being performed by the instructor trainee.
3. (10) No portion of an instructor trainee’s minimum training requirements may be obtained in course work or demonstrations outside the school of his/her enrollment unless a specific request for this program of instruction is submitted to the board by the school on a form supplied by the board no fewer than ten (10) working days prior to the next regular meeting of the board and approval is given by the board prior to the requested program. Requests received fewer than ten (10) working days prior to the next meeting shall be placed on the agenda for the following meeting. The required ratio of instructor supervision shall be maintained and instructor trainee attendance at the activity verified. Credit shall not be given for time in transit to and from the activity.
4. (11) Every school shall provide continuous and adequate supervision of its instructor trainees by a licensed instructor. Under no circumstances shall an instructor trainee be left solely in charge of a school.
5. (12) Every school licensed by the board shall be open to inspection by members or representatives of the board during normal working hours or at reasonable times as requested by the board. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

AUTHORITY: sections 329.210, RSMo Supp. 1997 and 329.230, RSMo 1994.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 90-12.010. Original rule filed Oct. 11, 1978, effective Jan. 13, 1979. Amended: Filed Feb. 9, 1983, effective May 12, 1983. Amended: Filed Feb. 9, 1983, effective June 12, 1983. Amended: Filed Dec. 7, 1983, effective March 13, 1984. Amended: Filed June 16, 1987, effective Aug. 27, 1987. Amended: Filed April 19, 1989, effective July 1, 1989. Amended: Filed Aug. 2, 1990, effective Dec. 31, 1990. Amended: Filed Dec. 14, 1995, effective June 30, 1996. Amended: Filed Dec. 31, 1997, effective July 30, 1998. Moved to 20 CSR 2090-12.010, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 329.210, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1945, 1981, 1987, 1993, 1995 and 329.230, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1981, 1985.